أَجِدّي إِلى مَروانَ عَدواً فَقلِصّي

أَجِدّي إِلى مَروانَ عَدواً فَقلِصّي

والّا فَرَوحي واِغتَدي لابنِ عامِرِ

والّا فَرَوحي واِغتَدي لابنِ عامِرِ

Hasten toward Marwān at a run, and quicken your pace.

Complain to Marwan, an enemy, so scold him

Otherwise, travel evening and morning to Ibn ʿĀmir,

Or else go away and attack the son of Aamir

إِلى نَفَرٍ حَولَ النَبيِّ بُيوتُهم

إِلى نَفَرٍ حَولَ النَبيِّ بُيوتُهم

مَكاريمُ لِلعافي رِقاقُ المآزِرِ

مَكاريمُ لِلعافي رِقاقُ المآزِرِ

To men whose houses stand around the Prophet,

To a group around the Prophet, their homes

Generous to the supplicant, with fine, thin waistcloths.

Generous with goodness, humble in dress

لَهُم سَورةٌ في المَجدِ قَد عُلِمَت لهم

لَهُم سَورةٌ في المَجدِ قَد عُلِمَت لهم

تُذَبذِبُ باعَ المتعَبِ المُتَقاصِرِ

تُذَبذِبُ باعَ المتعَبِ المُتَقاصِرِ

Theirs is an eminence in glory, acknowledged as theirs,

They have a chapter in glory, well known to them

That makes the weary man's faltering reach tremble.

It makes the fingers of the tired, weak one shiver

لَهُم عامِرُ البَطحاءِ مِن بَطنِ مَكَّةٍ

لَهُم عامِرُ البَطحاءِ مِن بَطنِ مَكَّةٍ

وَرومَةَ تَسقى بالجِمال القَياسِرِ

وَرومَةَ تَسقى بالجِمال القَياسِرِ

Theirs is the inhabited stretch of al-Baṭḥāʾ in the heart of Mecca,

For them is Aamir of Al-Bat’ha, from the valley of Mecca

And Rūmah, from which water is drawn by great, sturdy camels.

And Romeh who waters with camels, unyoked